• marcos@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That entire idea is so absurd I had to check.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel

    Looks like the first transportation-related evidence of wheel we have was made of clay (probably because it was a toy). The first transportation-related actual wheel that we found was made of wood. The first wheel-shaped object we found wasn’t used for transportation and was made of wood.

    Stone is just a really bad material for making wheels. But I wrongly expected to see some metal ones on the list.